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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Plans Longwood Facility
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is planning to construct a $300-million facility in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area in Boston. The 400,000-sf complex will house research labs and clinical outpatient treatment suites with ground floor retail. Designed by Portland, Ore.-base Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership, the facility will increase Dana-Farber's footprint by one-third. Completion is expected by 2011.
University of South Florida Opens Nanotechnology Building
The University of South Florida opened its new nanotechnology building, Nanotech I, on Sept. 27, 2005. Located next to the College of Engineering on USF's Tampa campus, the $4-million facility houses over $10 million in instrumentation. The Nanomaterials and Nanomanufacturing Research Center manages the building, which accommodates the research of 35 faculty members and approximately 100 students from the College of Engineering, the Departments of Physics, Biology, Chemistry, the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Research Center, and the College of Medicine.
Harvard University Constructs Northwest Science Building
Harvard University has selected Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based Fluor Corp. to manage the design and construction of the 510,000-sf Northwest Science Building in Cambridge, Mass. Housing labs, classrooms, and seminar rooms for bioengineering, neuroscience, and biophysics teaching and research, the facility is slated for completion by year-end 2007.
University of Tennessee Health Science Center Dedicates Phase II of Hamilton Eye Institute
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center dedicated Phase II of the Hamilton Eye Institute in Memphis, Tenn., on Sept. 26, 2005. The second phase of the $63-million facility is comprised of 28,000 sf of laboratories; 20,000 sf of examination rooms; 10,000 sf of education and training facilities; 8,000 sf of office space; an ophthalmic ambulatory surgery center; and a 99-seat auditorium.
Pacific Allied Products Opens Kapolei Plastic Plant
Pacific Allied Products , the largest plastics manufacturer in Hawaii, will open a 30,000-sf plant in Kapolei’s Campbell Industrial Park in October 2005. The $5-million manufacturing plant and state-of-the-art bottling equipment will enable Pacific Allied Products to triple its current annual production of 60 million bottles to over 200 million bottles. Pacific Allied Products produces bottles for Coca-Cola, Pepsi , and other companies.